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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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02.25.09
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A group of hikers are caught in a rainstorm and go into a cave for shelter. While in the cave they meet an archaeologist who is studying some of the paintings on the wall. The archaeologist then entertains the hikers with a story he has been able to interpret from the paintings. He tells the story of a young caveman named Tumak, the son of the chief of the uncivilized Rock Tribe, and Loana, the daughter of the chief of the more peaceful Shell Tribe. He tells of their struggles for survival and how the two tribes eventually became one.
Movie Tagline:
UNBELIEVABLE! The World at the Dawn of Time!
Also Known As:
Cave Man
Title: One Million B.C.
Release Date: April 05, 1940
Runtime: 80 mins
Genre: Adventure
All Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 5.7
Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With O
MPAA Rating: TV-PG
Director(s):
Hal Roach
Hal Roach Jr.
Cast:
Victor Mature ...Tumak
Carole Landis ...Loana
Lon Chaney Jr. ...Akhoba
Conrad Nagel ...Narrating Archaeologist
John Hubbard ...Ohtao
Nigel De Brulier ...Peytow
Mamo Clark ...Nupondi
Inez Palange ...Tohana
Edgar Edwards ...Skakana
Jacqueline Dalya ...Ataf
Mary Gale Fisher ...Wandi
Norman Budd ...Rock Person
Harry Wilson ...Rock Person
John Northpole ...Rock Person
Lorraine Rivero ...Rock Person
Harold Howard ...Rock Person
Ricca Allen ...Rock Person
Adda Gleason ...Rock Person
Edward Coxen ...Rock Person (as Ed Coxen)
Ben Hall ...Shell Person
Creighton Hale ...Shell Person
Audrey Manners ...Shell Person
Rosemary Theby ...Shell Person (as Rosemary Thebe)
Patricia Pope ...Shell Person
Chuck Stubbs ...Shell Person
Jimmy Boudwin ...Shell Person
Ora May Carlson ...Shell Person
James Coppedge ...Rock Person
Katherine Frye ...Shell Person
Betty Greco ...Rock Person
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
D.W. Griffith
Hal Roach
Writer(s):
Mickell Novack
George Baker
Joseph Frickert
Grover Jones
Composer(s):
Werner R. Heymann
More Movie Taglines:
- UNBELIEVABLE! The World at the Dawn of Time!
- So amazing you won't believe your eyes!
Movie Trivia:
- In order to get the lizards to move, heaters had to be turned on full blast because reptiles don't move in cold weather.
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When the film was released in Britain, it was heavily edited due to their strict laws against animal cruelty.
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Originally, D.W. Griffith was supposed to direct the film. However, he quit in the middle of filming so Hal Roach and his son completed the project.
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According to an article in the New York Times on 21 April 1940, D.W. Griffith, who worked as producer on the film, had his name removed from the credits because of a disagreement with Hal Roach. He said "Mr. Roach did not feel that it was necessary to give the characters as much individuality as I thought was needed, and so I did not wish to appear responsible for the picture by having my name on it."
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The special effects were so good that special effect footage from this film was used in numerous other films produced well into the 1960s.
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Cave, Volcano, Prehistoric, Caveman, Avalanche ...[more]
Keywords All:
Mastodon, Dinosaur, Mountain Climber, Father Son Relationship, Spear, Storm, Banishment, Transformation, Fall From Height, Scientist, Exile, Earthquake, Male Female Relationship, Apple Tree, Archeologist, Hunting, Bear, Giant Lizard, Etiquette, Lava, Beautiful Woman, Volcano Eruption, Fight, Number In Title
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Rating: 6.7 out of 10.0 - 61 votes cast total
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